US trade deficit narrows 19.2 percent in April

Thursday, 04 June 2015 01:57:19 (GMT+3)   |   San Diego
       

In April 2015, US exports of goods and services increased 1.0 percent from March 2015 to $189.9 billion. US imports decreased 3.3 percent to $230.8 billion during the same period. Record exports were recorded in total services, including records in other business services, travel, financial services, and insurance.

In April 2015, the monthly US goods and services trade deficit improved by 19.2 percent from March 2015 to $40.9 billion. However, year-to-date through April, the deficit has worsened to $171.1 billion, a 0.9 percent or $1.5 billion increase from the $169.7 billion recorded in the same period of 2014.

US goods and services exports year-to-date through April were $754.2 billion, down 2.3 percent or $18.0 billion from the same period of 2014.


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